Dramatic Quotes

668 quotes by 607 authors

Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective when practiced daily… — D. Patrick Miller
The industrial civilisation is based on the consumption of energy resources that are inherently limited in quantity and that are about to become scarce. When… — Richard Heinberg
Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with… — Bob Woodward
Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign. — Rudy Giuliani
Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is partly… — George Orwell
If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie? — Howie Mandel
We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences. — Jerry Bruckheimer
The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself. — Robin Sharma
Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls… — Mary Pipher
Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence. The literature of every nation bear me witness. The English dramatic poets have Shakspearized… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The very metaphor Paul chooses for this decisive moment in his argument shows that what he has in mind is not the unmaking of creation… — N. T. Wright
All revolutionary advances in science may consist less of sudden and dramatic revelations than a series of transformations, of which the revolutionary significance may not… — I. Bernard Cohen
In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors. — Peter Mandelson
It is at least worth arguing that there is a modicum of the creative novelist in all of us, and that this absorption with how… — Humphrey Bogart
Lyda was an exuberant, even a dramatic gardener.... She was always holding up a lettuce or a bunch of radishes with an air of resolute… — Renata Adler
Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause. — Carmine Gallo
There is no more dramatic accessory than a perfect lip. It is the focus of the face and it has the power to define a… — Tom Ford
We live in a world where losing your phone is more dramatic than losing your virginity — Megan Fox
It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and… — Tracy Chevalier

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